LSI 9260-8i configuration

AbusedDoughBoy · July 3, 2013

hello all. im thinking about buying an LSI 9260-8i and i was wondering if it supports the configuration that i want to do. i wan to do 4 ssd's in raid 0 for the os and some games and apps, 2 hdd's in raid 0 for mass storage for movies and other games and such, and 2 more hdd's to back everything up. any advice would be greatly apreciated on how do set somthing like this up or if there is another way. thanks!

Deddie · July 3, 2013

You can't run two RAID 0 arrays and back them up to 2 HDDs, you'll have to run RAID 5 or 6 and don't run RAID 5/6 with SSD and HDDs mixed or you'll get the same performance as with just HDDs.

Edit: get the LSI 9261-8i if you can.

Eric1024 · July 5, 2013

While I do believe that would work, I would strongly advise against it. You'd do better with 4SSD's in raid 0 and 4 HDD's in raid 5 or 6 for storing media and backing up. Having separate arrays on the same machine for storing stuff and backing up doesn't gain you anything, you'd be better suited with 4xHDDs.

If you want more safety than that, get an external drive, nas, or file server.

Also, what size/type of drives do you plan to use?